Indoor shooting is expected to return later this year at the Plantation Rifle Range, a public facility operated by Whatcom County that has been closed for more than three years. A $1.7 million project ...

While the lead-contaminated outdoor range at Whatcom County’s Plantation Rifle Range will remain closed for the foreseeable future, the indoor shooting range could reopen to the public by March 2026.

Outdoor ranges at the Plantation Rifle Range east of Bellingham closed in 2022 because of lead from bullets in the soil and water. Whatcom County Parks and Recreation Courtesy to The Bellingham Herald ...